Official UK procurement notice
Biodiversity Net Gain Framework – Market Sounding
Authority: Leeds City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLeeds City Council (the “Council”) is looking into a potential procurement option to put in place future contractual arrangements for suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver habitat enhancement and management across multiple sites city wide on behalf of Leeds Habitat Company delivering Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). To support this, the Council would like to gain information from the market regarding a number of issues related to the potential procurement exercise. You are therefore invited to consider the programme requirements detailed in this document and complete the attached questionnaire to give us your feedback on the proposed approach.
CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services · Endangered species protection services · Environmental management · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental services · Forest conservation strategy planning · Horticultural services · Land rehabilitation work · Landscaping work · Natural resources management or conservation strategy planning services · Tree-maintenance services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2026
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Biodiversity Net Gain Framework – Market Sounding” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Oct 2025, 08:30 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Oct 2025, 08:30 BST
- Authority reference
104088- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063971- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ac42Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
10 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published382 days ago10 Oct 2025, 08:30 BST
- Market engagement367 days ago25 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice expected294 days ago5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Oct 2025, 08:30 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender